Master Composter Certificate | Course 6: Designing and Managing Community

What are different types of infrastructure used in NYC composting? How do you make a compost site sustainable? Learn about best practices for managing an urban community composting operation, breaking down the site into stations for different types of work with different needs and concerns. Discuss accessibility and inclusivity, and brainstorm solutions to make sure your composting site has all the community engagement you’re looking for. Share your vision for the ideal composting site and discuss how to manage a community project.

This course is one of the required courses for securing a Master Composter certification through the NYC Community Compost Network (formerly NYC Compost Project). This is recommended as the sixth course to take in your path to certification, though you can take the workshops in any order. Please note that in addition to the required workshops, 9 hours of compost-related service learning and 2 field trips to compost-processing sites (of which Snug Harbor is one!). For certification through Snug Harbor, we also require a capstone project, which consists of a five-minute presentation during the last workshop.

WHEN:

• February 28 | 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM
• March 29 | 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM
• May 3 | 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Where: Building P lobby (View Site Map and Directions)

Admission: Free (Registration Required)

REGISTER HERE!

This program is supported by the New York City Council Community Composting Initiative. Snug Harbor and the members of the NYC Community Composting Network are deeply grateful to Council Member Abreu and the NYC City Council for supporting this crucial public education initiative.